Textile workers hail judicial independence, says tribunal judgement deepens democracy
The General Secretary, National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), Comrade Issa Aremu, has described the…
Decent Work: ILO urged govts to promote skills acquisition, competence
The International Labour Organisation has stressed the need for government to promote skills acquisition, competencies and qualifications, to achieve decent…
JUSUN president returns over N13m to Delta govt
The national president of the Judiciary Staff Union Of Nigeria (JUSUN), Comrade Marwan Mustapha Adamu, has returned over N13 million…
NANNM laments shortage of nurses, midwives in Nigeria
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has lamented the shortage of qualified nurses and midwives in Nigerian…
Solution to African unemployment is within our reach —UN African Coordinator
The United Nations Environment Programme Climate Change Coordinator for Africa, Dr. Richard Munang, has said that the solution to unemployment…
My immediate plan for NLC is membership drive —Ugboaja
THE newly appointed General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja, resumed officially on Monday (yesterday) and…
Tackle rising unemployment to stop killings, arson, experts tell FG
EXPERTS in the Labour and industrial sector, including university lecturers, have urged the government to tackle the rising unemployment in…
Yasin bows out of NURTW as Baruwa takes over
ALHAJI Najeem Yasin, the man who turned around the face of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has…
Budget padding: Ngige warns agencies •Orders submission of budget for vetting
THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, resumed at the ministry with a strong warning to all the…
Ugboaja emerges NLC scribe
AFTER painstaking and rigorous interviews, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja defeated Comrade Benson Upah and two others to emerge the new General…
Brace up for the challenges ahead —TUC, ULC tell Ngige
THE Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) have charged the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris…
FG to enroll newspaper vendors in N-Power programme
THE Federal Government has promised to enroll members of the Newspaper Vendors Association of Nigeria in the N-Power programme, aimed…
Nigeria’s Labour Ministry very weak — ILO
THE International Labour organisation (ILO) has declared that the Federal Ministry of Labour in Nigeria is very weak saying that…
International Youth Day: Nigerian youths urge govt to pay attention to unemployment
Nigerian Youths have appealed to government at all levels, especially the Federal Government to pay attention to youth unemployment and…
Why Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work 2019 is adopted — ILO
THE International Labour Organization (ILO), says it adopted the Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work 2019 in response to…
TUC calls for review of revenue sharing formula
The President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Quadri Olaleye, has called for the review of the nation’s revenue sharing…
Non-remittance of pension: Private sector employers, state guilty —TrustFund Pensions
A leading Pension Fund Administrator (PFA), TrustFund Pensions Plc, has declared that the private sector and the state governments are…
NUCFRLANMPE president recommends panacea to conflict resolution in workplace
The president, National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Employees (NUCFRLANMPE), Babatunde Olatunji, has urged governments at all…
NULGE writes 774 LG chairmen over compliance with NFIU guidelines
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has written to the chairmen of all the 774 local government councils…
ILO/GYEF ends in Nigeria with call for systemic change, recommendations to address unemployment
SOJI-EZE FAGBEMI looks at the just concluded Global Youth Employment Forum (GYEF) organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in…
